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MUSIC NIGHTTo get you all in the moodfor the music threadFabulous FRiday is going to talk aboutmusic of the 60s.Take a trip back down memory lane.Or discover some oldies but goodies.

Tonight we check out music of the 60s.

At the beginning of the 1960s, pop and rock and roll trends of the 1950s continued. However, the rock and roll of the decade before started to merge into a more international, eclectic variant known as rock.

By the mid-1960s, rock and roll in its purest form was gradually overtaken by pop rock, beat, psychedelic rock, blues rock and folk rock, which had grown in popularity.

In the late 1950s, a flourishing culture of groups began to emerge. Beat bands were heavily influenced by American bands of the era, such as Buddy Holly and the Crickets (from which group The Beatles derived their name), as well as earlier British groups such as The Shadows. Among the most successful beat acts from Birmingham were The Spencer Davis Group and The Moody Blues.

The British Invasion: By the end of 1962, the British rock scene had started with beat groups like The Beatles drawing on a wide range of American influences including soul music, rhythm and blues and surf music.In mid-1962 The Rolling Stones started as one of a number of groups increasingly showing blues influence, along with bands like The Animals and The Yardbirds.

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FOLK ROCK: By the 1960s, the scene that had developed out of the American folk music revival had grown to a major movement, utilizing traditional music and new compositions in a traditional style, usually on acoustic instruments. In the early sixties figures such as Joan Baez and Bob Dylan had come to the fore in this movement as singer-songwriters.

PSYCHEDELIC ROCK: Psychedelic music's LSD-inspired vibe began in the folk scene, with the New York-based Holy Modal Rounders using the term in their 1964 recording of "Hesitation Blues." The first group to advertise themselves as psychedelic rock were the 13th Floor Elevators from Texas, at the end of 1965; producing an album that made their direction clear, with The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators the following year.

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SURF ROCK: In the early 1960s, one of the most popular forms of rock and roll was Surf Rock, which was characterized by being nearly entirely instrumental and by heavy use of reverb on the guitars.

GARAGE ROCK: Garage rock was a form of amateurish rock music, particularly prevalent in North America in the mid-1960s and so called because of the perception that it was rehearsed in a suburban family garage.

BLUES ROCK: The American blues-rock had been pioneered in the early 1960s by guitarist Lonnie Mack.

ROOTS ROCK: Roots rock is the term now used to describe a move away from the excesses of the psychedelic scene, to a more basic form of rock and roll that incorporated its original influences, particularly country and folk music, leading to the creation of country rock and Southern rock.

PROGRESSIVE ROCK: Progressive rock, sometimes used interchangeably with art rock, was an attempt to move beyond established musical formulas by experimenting with different instruments,song types, and forms.

POP: Chubby Checker during the early 1960s popularizes the enduring dance craze The Twist with his hit cover of Hank Ballard's R&B hit "The Twist". Gerry Goffin and Carole King become a very influential duo in pop music.

R&B and SOUL: The Detroit-based Motown label was developed as a pop-influenced answer to soul music. The label began a long run of No. 1 U.S. hit singles in 1961 with "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes. Soul music develops popularity throughout the decade, led by Sam Cooke, James Brown, and Otis Redding, among many others.

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COUNTRY MUSIC: The predominant musical style during the decade was the Nashville Sound, a style that emphasized string sections, background vocals, crooning lead vocals and production styles seen in country music. The style had first become popular in the late 1950s, in response to the growing encroachment of rock and roll on the country genre, but saw its greatest success in the 1960s.

Hope you enjoyed this trip back down memory lane.Or just learned something new.If you had a favorite sixties song, put in a request and rock out.

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While working with third- and fourth-graders at our churchs Vacation Bible School, I decided to give all 25 of the children a gift on the last day. But I told them that in order to receive it, they would each have to tell me how a person can get to heaven.

It was interesting to hear what these 9- and 10-year-olds said. Many were clear that salvation is through faith in Jesus Christ, but some were not yet equipped to explain the gospel. You have to be good and go to Sunday school, said one. Another asked tentatively, You have to pray to God? Still another: If you are nice to your friends and obey your mom and dad.

As I gently tried to direct the thinking of each child to the central element of salvationfaith in Jesus who died to pay for our sins and then rose againI thought that these kids represented so many others in our world who dont yet understand the gospel.

How about you? Are your ideas about salvation based on biblical truth? Think about the importance of what Jesus did for you. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 16:31). There is so much more at stake than getting a free gift for answering a question.

A Matter Of FaithJesus paid the penalty for your sins by His death. Whenyou admit you are a sinner and place your faith in Himalone for forgiveness, you will be reconciled to God.

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS!

I would say to the House as I said to those who have joined this government: I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many long months of struggle and of suffering.

You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory. Victory at all costs  Victory in spite of all terror  Victory, however long and hard the road may be, for without victory there is no survival.

In the House of Commons, 13May1940

Coronet Winston S. Churchill, 4th Queen's Own Hussars, 1895

Nos genuflectitur ad non princeps sed Princeps Pacem!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

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